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Direct evidence for the importance of hydrophobic mismatch for cell membrane recognition
Ghebremariam, Bereket,Sidorov, Vladimir,Matile, Stefan
, p. 1445 - 1448 (2007/10/03)
In this Letter, we describe the synthesis of amphiphilic oligo(p- phenylene)s from 31 to 44 A length and delineate the interaction of these rigid-rod molecules with lipid bilayers using fluorescence quenching methods. The results demonstrate high importance of hydrophobic mismatch for selective cell membrane recognition by rigid-rod molecules.